This paper focuses on use of comics in the field of extracurricular activities. The paper defines comic, showing its features and the position it has in school programs. It analyzes occurrence of comics in the teaching of Croatian language according to teaching manuals, curriculum and the new Proposal of the National Curriculum for Primary and Secondary Schools. The second part describes the phenomenon of free time, the need for attending a well-organized extracurricular activity and its positive impact on the overall development of students. The final part of the paper shows an idea of performing a strip workshop with analyzed available literature on a comic books that can serve as a lecture on comic theory and certain Croatian comic works where the elaboration proposals are included. By analyzing in the second part of the paper, teachers did not conceal their suspicion and insecurity of working with the comics, no matter what the material is, and how more modern methods and tools are present these days.